| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 852 | |
| Title: | BRONZE LAMPHANGER | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 852 | |
| Description: | Bronze object, most likely a lamphanger or other device for suspension, consisting of a hook-and-loop made of a long rod circular in section except at the lower end where it is flattened and formed into a loop. At this point it joins a single remaining figure-eight link (original drawing illustrates several more links attached, now missing). Corresponds in appearance to Gill's Type B lamphanger (Sarachane 1, p. 240, fig. G). | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining fragments preserve part of hook-and-loop element and one figure-eight link; top of hook-and-loop broken. Surface corroded; hook-and-loop element bent. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. of figure-eight link 0.015, Max. Diam. of wire 0.001 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | Max. L. 0.100, L. of hook-and-loop 0.087 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Byzantine? (on analogy with Sarachane examples) | |
| Area: | Old Museum | |
| Context: | Old Museum | |
| Findspot Description: | S of Old Museum. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Old Museum Basket: Old Museum |
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